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Ruby Coffee Roasters

Costa Rica Don Joel Kenia

WashedLightNorthscore 74
Origin
West Valley, CR
Producer
Allan Oviedo
Farm / Co-op
Don Joel
Process
Washed
Altitude
1600–1600 m
Varietals
other
Harvest
2025
Weight
340g
Bag price
$33.00
Price / oz
$2.75/oz
Brew
—

As cupped

black currant · grapefruit · brown sugar · plum

From the editors

This lot is no longer available at the roaster.

We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 10 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response — we’ve archived the buy link so we don’t send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 10 days ago.

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

74

Limited signal

Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals

Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 44% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    70/ 56% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2

Base weighted score: 72.2 + bonuses = 74

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About Ruby Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Ruby Coffee Roasters is recognized within the community as a reputable specialty roaster. Discussions regarding Ruby often center on their roast profiles, with users noting that they generally lean toward a light-medium roast style rather than ultra-light. Their beans are occasionally featured in multi-roaster cafe settings, where they are noted for quality.

light-medium roast profilereputable specialty roasterconsistent quality
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Press · Sprudge

On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Ruby Coffee Roasters

YouTube reviewers have published 3 popular videos about Ruby Coffee Roasters (21,008 combined views). Channels include Coffee Kev, Fellow, Wisconsin Foodie.

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